Afai Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Afai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Afai (274) may also be a first name.
Afai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afai is the 1,637,889th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. Afai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Afai are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 65 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Afai is also the 536,832nd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 274 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 73 percent are found, Northern, where 16 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Afai occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Afai
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